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The 1992 Los Angeles riots (also called the South Central riots, Rodney King riots or the 1992 Los Angeles uprising) [4] [5] were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County, California, United States, during April and May 1992.
The Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871 was a racial massacre targeting Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles, California, United States that occurred on October 24, 1871. Approximately 500 white and Latino Americans attacked, harassed, robbed, and murdered the ethnic Chinese residents in what is today referred to as the old Chinatown neighborhood.
The outrage resulting from the acquittal of these police officers was the principal cause of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. [1] Born in 1953 in Lansing, Michigan, [2] [1] Reginald Oliver Denny was a 39-year-old truck driver at the time of the attack. [3] His parents moved to Sylmar, Los Angeles, when he was a child. [4]
Los Angeles’ Asian and Black communities will gather later this month in an event to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1992 uprisings. Organized by Asian and Black community leaders, the event ...
Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Los Angeles riots on April 29, Korean American and Black community leaders are planning a series of unity events to
On May 30, Los Angeles Mayor, Eric Garcetti authorized the deployment of the California National Guard overnight. [27] On May 30, 2020, protesters put an LAPD officer in a chokehold and kicked the officer. [28] Also in Los Angeles, a wheelchair-bound man was shot in the face with a rubber projectile; pictures of the man's bloody face were ...
Operation Hammer (1987) A Los Angeles Police Department C.R.A.S.H. initiative that began in April 1987, Operation Hammer was a large scale attempt to crack down on gang violence in Los Angeles, California. A year later, the LA Times reported a double-digit drop in gang violence in parts of the city. After a group of people at a birthday party ...
In the late 1950s Pandora's Box was a popular coffeehouse located at 8118 Sunset Boulevard, on the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Crescent Heights Boulevard.Home to some of the more adventurous artists in town, Pandora's Box hosted up-and-coming jazz musicians such as Les McCann and Carla Bley, while artist Burt Shonberg adorned the interior of the club with a mural similar to his works in the ...